Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him. New Living Translation Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been given from among all the people of Israel to serve as their assistants. English Standard Version And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel. Berean Standard Bible Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites. King James Bible And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. New King James Version And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel. New American Standard Bible So you shall assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel. NASB 1995 “You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. NASB 1977 “You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. Legacy Standard Bible You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. Amplified Bible You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons [as servants and helpers]; they are to be given wholly to him from among the Israelites. Christian Standard Bible Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites. Holman Christian Standard Bible Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites. American Standard Version And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you shall give the Levites to Ahron and to his sons; they are a gift given to him from within the sons of Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel. Contemporary English Version They are assigned to help Aaron and his sons, Douay-Rheims Bible And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift, English Revised Version And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites will be the only Israelites given to them. Good News Translation The only responsibility the Levites have is to serve Aaron and his sons. International Standard Version Assign the descendants of Levi to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelis. JPS Tanakh 1917 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given unto him from the children of Israel. Literal Standard Version and you have given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel. Majority Standard Bible Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites. New American Bible You shall assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned unconditionally to him from among the Israelites. NET Bible You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites. New Revised Standard Version You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites. New Heart English Bible You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel. Webster's Bible Translation And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel. World English Bible You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel. Young's Literal Translation and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Duties of the Levites…8They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle. 9Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites. 10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”… Cross References Numbers 3:8 They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle. Numbers 8:16 For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. Numbers 8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary." Numbers 16:9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD's tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? Numbers 18:6 Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting. Treasury of Scripture And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel. Numbers 8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. Numbers 18:6,7 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation… Ephesians 4:8,11 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men… Jump to Previous Aaron Behalf Children Israel Israelites Levites Question Surely WhollyJump to Next Aaron Behalf Children Israel Israelites Levites Question Surely WhollyNumbers 3 1. The sons of Aaron5. The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn 14. Are numbered by their families 21. The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites 27. Of the Kohathites 33. Of the Merarites 38. The place and charge of Moses and Aaron 40. The firstborn are freed by the Levites 44. The balances are refunded (9) They are wholly given unto him.--Hebrew, Given, given are they to him. This repetition of the word nethunim (given) is emphatic. The same repetition occurs in Numbers 8:16, where the Levites are represented as "wholly given" to the Lord instead of the firstborn; and in Numbers 3:19 of that chapter, as in Numbers 3:12 of this chapter, they are represented as being given by Him to Aaron and his sons. The word nethunim must not be confounded with Nethinim, the name given at a later date (1Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:31) to the Gibeonites, who were made "hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord" (Joshua 9:27). The tribe of Levi had proved themselves the most zealous for the honour of the Lord at the time of the worship of the golden calf (Exodus 32:26-29), and it was then that Moses gave them the charge to consecrate themselves (literally, to fill their hands, comp. Numbers 3:3 of this chapter) to the Lord. There was, therefore, a special reason for the selection of this tribe, independently of the fact that Moses and Aaron (and consequently the priests, as the descendants of Aaron) belonged to it. . . . Verse 9. They are wholly given unto him. The word nethunim (wholly given) is emphatic here, and in Numbers 8:16. As the whole house of Israel at large, so especially (for a reason which will presently appear) the tribe of Levi belonged absolutely to God; and he, as absolutely, made them over to Aaron and the priests for the service of his sanctuary. Cf. Ephesians 4:11, "gave some apostles," etc. The Levites, as gifts from God (nethunim) to their brethren the priests, must be distinguished from the nethinim or serfs of foreign extraction given by the congregation to the Levites to do their most menial work for them (Joshua 9:27). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Assignוְנָתַתָּה֙ (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi to Aaron לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן (lə·’a·hă·rōn) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses and his sons; וּלְבָנָ֑יו (ū·lə·ḇā·nāw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son they הֵ֙מָּה֙ (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They have been given exclusively נְתוּנִ֨ם (nə·ṯū·nim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set to him ל֔וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew from among מֵאֵ֖ת (mê·’êṯ) Preposition-m Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among the Israelites. בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son Links Numbers 3:9 NIVNumbers 3:9 NLT Numbers 3:9 ESV Numbers 3:9 NASB Numbers 3:9 KJV Numbers 3:9 BibleApps.com Numbers 3:9 Biblia Paralela Numbers 3:9 Chinese Bible Numbers 3:9 French Bible Numbers 3:9 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 3:9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron (Nu Num.) |